>>Gee, might that mean that they will be extending z/OS down to the lower end?
I am not so sure about that... The baby z800 could go al low as 40 MIPS, wasn't that the minimum that they could afford to sell with a Z/Server? Lower than that just wouldn't pay in terms of future revenue from HW maintenance / SW Licensing, which in the end all adds up to keep paying for the R&D + Manufacturing cost. Herbie -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warner Mach Sent: 05 Januarie 2008 01:23 nm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Hardware Group in Big Restructuring On Jan 4 Sam Knutson remarked: >Surprised no one had commented on this.... Relative to IBM's reorganization, as reported in: ><http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itmCjP7yW5p6AcqSoQYLlhBoCS0gD8TUL8U G0> I saw the article. Was especially interested in the remark that: - IBM gets most of its business from big corporations and governments, - but it has been trying to improve sales of services, software and servers - to smaller companies because their technology purchases are growing - at a faster rate. Gee, might that mean that they will be extending z/OS down to the lower end? But my interest rapidly dissippated as I reflected that: (1) There is really no way to know what the reorganization will mean by the time it actually hits the ground. Whatever the end result will be it is sure to be other than you might expect. (2) The announcement is vague enough to be essentially useless for a client to use in planning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
